San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-17
NEW YORK LETTER.

From Our Special Correspondent.
New YORK, May II, 1887.
Joseph Pulitzer is the prOudost man in
New York today. He owns the World,
and expects soon to monOpOlize the
Earth. Surely the man who has sue
ceeded so wonderfully can accomplish
anything he desires.
Herman's little advertising dodge
seems to have had different result from
the one anticipated. The prestidigita-
tor is victim of the very natural con-
tempt which always falls upon thief,
notwithstanding the fact that it was
"all a lark"
The letter of young Mrs. Deems to her
husband goes straight to the heart. sit
seems to me-" she wrote. that your
father, minister OF the gospel, know
ing your character, ought not to have
allowed any girl to marry you without
telling her what you were. He may
have hoped to reform son whom he
tOved, but had no right for this purpose
to sacrifice an innocent life" This is
certainly All abstract truth, whether APP
piCabe or not to the case in hand. The
amount OF misery caused by the con-
Cealment of faults and vices before
marriage Is simply awful, and the
parent guilty OF it ought to
bear the bulk OF the suffer
ing. Mothers conceal their daughters
physical intirmities as well as their
faults of disposition, and the career of
many brave, ambitious man has come
to a summary end by conditions which
he never would have accepted had he
known OF their existence. This is simply
damnable, and calls for the attention of
all those vino unseltishly care for their
kind. 1t is the right of every man to
know the truth about the girl he ex-
poets TO marry, and the parent who will
conceal a sons vices in the hope of re-
forming him by marriage cannot be too
harshly condemned.
Lester WallaOk says he would sooner
take a contract to raise buckwheat in
the desert of Sahara than buck against
the fashionable hat. Mr.. Frohman whose
efforts have been tirelesS and most
gracious, says that although greatly dis
appointed he cannot blame the ladies
very much, because In the first place
most fashionable women put on their
hats before they do their dresses. A
thoroughly fitting plaster paris cast
waist will not admit of lifting the arms
MIR. FrOhman Is right. That ia Just
what they do-put on their hats before
the final pull is given to the corset
strings. But Daniel will certainly find
himself in den of lionesses if he is not
more careful, and there won't be any
angel to close their mouths either.
The Princess of Wales has endeavored
to set good example in this matter of
tight lacing. Her daughters know
pntbiD of nOruatS ap1 thu IN
sists upon plenty of room for the free
play of all her organs. She is called the
best dressed woman in Europe, but it is
not generally known that she not only
frequently designs her own costumes,
but cuts and fits them as well, and that
her daughters have learned the COM
plete art of dress making. An lima
tured correspondent at AiXles Bains. re-
| marks that sit would have been a deed
OF charity for one of the grand-daugh-
tiers to have looked over the Queens
wardrobe before she started on her jubi-
lee. Nobody ever saw Victoria in suit
able travelling dress. She seems to think
that any old black rag will answer, and
Beatrice dresses in the same dOwdy
| fashion,"
One of the maids OF honor, who is en-
| tirely devoted to Beatrice's baby, was
seen by an American lady purchasing
| the little ones short clothes. There
was no lack Of taste displayed, ''but
scarcely any well-tO-do mother would
have been so carefully economical" she
writes. "One can see double the
amount bought at our own Liliputian
bazaar any day for babies who have no
royal blood in their veins" And this
brings us to babies, and little boys aud
| little girls, and their wonderfully lovely
costumes for spring and summer.
Jake Sharp is reported as not bit
afraid. If he has to go under he has no
intention OF going alone. 1t looks as If
the qualifications of these crimes would
be too numerous and labyrinthian to
follow with ease. But what harvest
for lawyers. EN- ROUTE.